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﻿“They turn all fever victims away. Your cook can care for your mother. Your grandfather can travel with you. This is the best for all.”

Mattie staying with Eliza.

" For long days and nights, stories flew over my head as I slept in my narrow bed at Bush Hill. Nurses and doctors, weeping relatives, and volunteers from the Free African Society whispered their sorrows. "﻿ (page 105)

Lucille and ﻿Mattie reuniting after the yellow fever spread.

" By the time we reached the coffee house it was mid-day... The destruction of the kitchen was greater... Someone broke through the window. You locked the door, Grandfather. It's not your fault. " (page 123-124)

"﻿ Joseph and Eliza agreed that I couldn't live alone, not with the deserted streets as dangerous as the crowded sickrooms. " ( page 189 )

" I dashed across the street without looking. Mother! I gathered her in my arms. She felt like a frail bird. "﻿ (page 234)